Achievers: April 17Eleven HOSA students from Kodiak High School along with their advisers, Christy Kinter and Joy Arneson, attended the Career and Technical Student Organizations Performance-Based Assessment Conference in Anchorage held March 20-22. HOSA is a national student organization that was formed to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. The ...

Achievers: April 10Adalyn Ellsworth, Barbra Sega, Shannon Woods and Tatiana Charliaga were selected for Elks Student Recognition at Kodiak High School for second quarter of the 2013/2014 school year. Adalyn, a freshman at Kodiak High School, is the daughter of Heather and Bryan Ellsworth. Although just beginning her career at the high school, Adalyn has done an excellent job of impressing her teachers with her dedication and commitm...

Achievers: April 3The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary presented the winners of its third annual Kids Don’t Float poster contest during the March 31 meeting of the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education. Wes Hanna, Kodiak flotilla commander, said 220 children from local schools took part. Winning posters will be on display at the Kodiak Public Library. The winners are: kindergarteners Alyssa Arellano, first place, from ...

Achievers: March 13Megan Stahlhut competed at the Alaska Academic Decathlon February 19-22. She won three medals: a gold in the SuperQuiz event, silver in her 50-minute essay, and bronze for the overall large school team score. The AcaDeca theme for this school year was World War I. Students competed in 10 subjects: art, music, mathematics, science, speech, interview, essay, social science, economics, and language and literature. Te...

Achievers: March 6Rotary students of the month for February Eighth grade Kodiak Middle School eighth-grade faculty is pleased to nominate Abigail Senda, daughter of Michelle and Jimmy Wilson as a February Rotary Student. Abbie demonstrates strong character through her quiet dedication in the classroom and her involvement in school activities such as basketball and volleyball. Abbie continues her interest in basketball by playing on...

Achievers: Rotary Students of the Month for January Sixth grade Jacque Bormuel is a sixth-grade student at Kodiak Middle School and is the son of Constantino and Virginia Bormuel. Every teacher speaks highly of Jacque and his positive attitude. He is always willing to approach any task with gusto and will not give up. Jacque is an especially kind young man, willing to work with all students and share a smile when it is needed. Jacque especially enjoys bowling and i...

Achievers: Feb. 6Brian Fraley is the new Alutiiq Museum’s Communications Director, a position that oversees promotion of the museum. Fraley grew up in Kodiak and relocated to Seattle in 1993 where he obtained a visual communications degree from the Art Institute of Seattle. Fraley has worked in Seattle and New York and most recently was the art director at the Anchorage advertising agency Walsh/Sheppard.

Achievers: Jan. 30• Henry Affinito, Maria Aguilar, Jennifer Encinas, Jacqueline Frayne, Serena Gaudet, Kelly Harris and John Louie Roy have been named to the Chancellor’s List at Kodiak College for the fall 2013 semester. To be selected for the Chancellor’s List, an undergraduate student must complete at least 12 UAA credits (only courses graded with academic letter grades qualify) and earn a semester grade-point average of 4.0. • ...

Achievers: Jan. 23The Kodiak Elks have named their achievers for the second quarter of the 2013-2014 school year. At Kodiak Middle School, the winners are Lars Hanson, Amal Albaladejo, Sam Chmielarczyk, Sage Alvarez, Mekia Bushell and Hunter Blair. • Lars, a sixth-grader and son of Geoff Smith and Christy Lyle, was selected because of his drive to learn and his cooperative nature. A diligent and conscientious student, Lars strives ...

Achievers: Jan. 16• Erwin Domingo, an aviation technology major at the University of Alaska Anchorage, has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2013 semester. • Jennifer Fried has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2013 semester at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D. Students who maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or above while taking at least 12 credit hours are eligible for the list.